Versus Battle What trope is worse: Fakeout deaths or Ressurections

[Donquixote Shivercalero]

Resurrections:

Fakeouts:

 

[Johnny B. Decent]

While there actually has been more on-screen, non-flashback deaths in One Piece lately, even when fake-out deaths were pretty common, at least that helped sell Ace's own death as significant as, it turns out he really was dead. Marco couldn't save him, he didn't power through it, he got wounded and died next chapter.

On the other side of things, Neiji's death felt so anticlimactic because of prior resurrections.

 

[Konstantis]

Depends on the terms. But fakeout death is the most used trope

 

[Charlie]

Isn't it basically the same thing? In provided example, Kakashi was dead for like an hour.

 

[Doggo]

It's resurrections by a massive landslide. LMAO.

 

[SkySanji]

Resurrections are generally worse because they largely undermine the point of the death in the first place.

Fake outs vary considerably, there are some genuine examples where the author tries to trick the reader, but most of the time it just comes down to bad reading comprehension and trying to blame the author for it.

 

[Konstantis]

Isn't it basically the same thing? In provided example, Kakashi was dead for like an hour.

It is not. Resurrection means that the character actually died, but was revived. While fake death means that the villain was incompetent that didn't finish off his opponent.

 

[Charlie]

It is not. Resurrection means that the character actually died, but was revived. While fake death means that the villain was incompetent that didn't finish off his opponent.

except it was the same villain who brought them back

 

[Konstantis]

except it was the same villain who brought them back

Yes, but then again, death is usually just death. So resurrection means that the character actually died. Also, there are different types of ressurection such as One Piece, Naruto, Bleach or Dragon Ball

 

[uyuu]

Resurrection. All the struggle and dynamics experienced and accomplished by a character in their journey, that lead to their death, suddenly cancelled / undone. It feels cheap.

Fakeout deaths in OP feel cheap mainly due to other technical writing issues (too often, Oda can't let secondary characters feels real death that are impactful to the readers), not the fake deaths themselves imo

 

[BoaHancocksHusband]

Fake out death is worse cuz Lolda does it not KishiGOATo

 

[T2K Baka]

If we talking OP type of fakeouts, then it's not even close. But typically, resurrection kind of undermines the significance of death for characters.

DBZ abuses resurrection and OP abuses fake-out deaths

 

[Blahmigooo]

Context matters if I'm gonna choose what's worse.
Worst type of fake out deaths are character we thought clearly died for a long time.
Then 10 years later or so, we find out the person is actually alive (with no hints in all those gaps)..... like Saul

Ressurection can be managable if the execution is perfect and context is there
Some powerful ancient beings get ressurect to become big bad boss is ok imo with proper execution and with "making sense".
On the other hand if we get proper closure and farewell of certain character when it dies, but simply get's revive later. That'll be bad
Like if there's option available to revive Ace, i rather not.

 

[BoaHancocksHusband]

Context matters if I'm gonna choose what's worse.
Worst type of fake out deaths are character we thought clearly died for a long time.
Then 10 years later or so, we find out the person is actually alive (with no hints in all those gaps)..... like Saul

Ressurection can be managable if the execution is perfect and context is there
Some powerful ancient beings get ressurect to become big bad boss is ok imo with proper execution and with "making sense".
On the other hand if we get proper closure and farewell of certain character when it dies, but simply get's revive later. That'll be bad
Like if there's option available to revive Ace, i rather not.

Akainu the goat 🐐 for killing Ace ngl.

 

[BoaHancocksHusband]

It is not. Resurrection means that the character actually died, but was revived. While fake death means that the villain was incompetent that didn't finish off his opponent.

Luffy actually died but his Devil fruit revived him.